[Project Complete] - Single Page Uncoded Template for a fitness club $300

[pyrojonc]

(Admin code added by Palmer - 07375002TS7029133)

Company Details

1a) Name of Company - VRC Fitness Club

1b)Company Tag Line or slogan: - "Look and Feel Great"

1c) Do you have a company logo? - Yes - provided below

1d) Do you have a corporate visual identity (a customized (non stock) logo and color scheme carried out throughout your office, stationery, business cards, etc.)? - not really

1e) What is the nature of your business?: Briefly describe your products or services: - Fitness Center / Gym / Swimming Pool / Raquette Ball / Squash Courts, etc.

1f) Who is your target market? Who are you hoping to reach with your site? Target market is 50% conversion from other gyms and 50% marketing to new clients



Website Details

1b) Do you have an existing website? If so, what is the URL? http://www.vrcfitness.ca

2b) IMPORTANT: Please list at least 3 URLs (web addresses) of high quality sites that you like the look of (these do not have to be sites who’s business is similar to yours. It aids us in determining what your design style is.) Please consider layout, colors, navigation, graphics, and typography.
- www.justladiesfitness.com
- www.goldsgym.com
- www.crunch.com

3b) What colors or color schemes would you like? - The main colors throughout the facility are stark white with red and blue (match to the logo). I'd love to talk them into a new logo and better desgin colors, but alas...

4b) List the Navigation links for your Site: (In No Particular order)
Home
Our Facility
Classes
Member Log In
About Us
Our Location
Contact Us


5b) What type of look are you trying to achieve? (e.g. clean, high-tech, conservative, warm, flashy, etc.) - Professional, Clean and Simple

6b) Please provide the addresses of competitors' sites, if possible: - See Above

7b) Do you have any images for use in the design of your site? If not, do you have images, can you offer suggestions of what you type of imagery you feel would be most suitable for your website: - No images right now. The gym will be providing me with photos that they are taking and getting releases for themselves, but I am going ahead with the project with stock photos, free images, whatever works. I'm looking for people working out, or people with expressions that seem to suggest health and happiness.

Deadlines and Deliverables

1c) What is the deadline for the design of your project? - March 7th.

2c) What is required breakdown of the files you require our designers to supply you with on finalization of your project? - All I need is one uncoded, layered, PSD file.


Are there any other comments/specific ideas we should keep in mind while designing your project?

The gym subscribes to a 3rd party hosted solution for its member area. http://www.yourclub.net/login.aspx. When you click to go from their site, their logo appears in the top. This look and feel would work for a site template. At any rate, the client should not be shocked when they go from the main site to this one.

[pyrojonc]

This is my first crack at using Design Outpost, so if anything about my post is out of wack, please let me know.

Cheers,

[Aliska]

Hello
I will join to your project

[pyrojonc]

Great Aliska. If I'm missing any important info, just ask.

[heathersmith]

Hello,

I will have my entry in by tomorrow.

Thanks!

Heather

[pyrojonc]

Thanks Heather.

[heathersmith]

*Edit*

[heathersmith]

*Edit*

[Aliska]

Hello
Idea from me.

[pyrojonc]

great submissions - I will have more feedback for you tomorrow. :)

[pyrojonc]

ok... My client is looking for minimal text on the home page, so...

Aliska, The client really likes the simplicity of the design and the whitespace, but thinks it might promote a female gym too much. Can we try moving the menu to the left side and the promotional buttons (sign into..., featuring ladies..., etc) to the right. and moving the header image up a bit. Also for the header image, is there an image that we can use for now that is more gender-neutral than the lady? Great submission. Thanks.

heather, The client really likes some of the little touches that you have added (phone number at the top, wrapping the logo, etc.) but would like a lot less text and more white space. You images are also good as far as being gender neutral, but promoting a female friendly gym.

I think that's about it, Cheers,

[heathersmith]

Edit

[pyrojonc]

Hi heather, thanks for the quick reply.

Actually could you put the bottom 'featuring' box back, but remove the paragraph starting with "in addition, vrc..." and move the "Learn more" up following "... stairmasters". You could possibly then increase the line-height of that paragraph to match the image ...or... you could move the image higher to be next to the larger text "Welcome to VRC Fitness Club".

Thanks for the efforts.

[heathersmith]

How's this? :)

[pyrojonc]

Looks pretty good. I'll let my client look at it tomorrow am, and pick a winner tomorrow.

[Zoe]

Just letting you know I am working on an entry.

[Zoe]

This is my idea for the home page.

I thought the main image at the top could randomly display an image from possibly 3-5 different images.

[Fabian]

Hi,here's my idea for the Homepage :)

[Aliska]

Hello
How about the revisions? Or would you like to see another image at header?

[pyrojonc]

Thanks to everyone, including Fabian and Demex for the last minute responses. I'll should have an answer to you later today.

[Aliska]

and small header modification from me.

[pyrojonc]

Ok, thanks for all of your submissions. As I said in the beginning of this process, this is my first time using design outpost (or any service like it). I'm learning how all of this works, and I really appreciate the quality of work that you are all giving me and the adjustments that you are making for me.

Next time I will make sure that there is a bit more time before the deadline, but I am moving my clients along as fast as possible.

My clients are not able to relpy to me until monday at the earliest, but for now, I have submitted everything to them.

I should have a decision by monday at the latest.

[Zoe]

Hello Pyrojonc,

Thak you for the update. Being your first time, I just wanted to let you know that what you see here doesn't always have to be the finished design. The winning designer will often work with you in the "revisions" forum making small changes for you so that you are completely satisfied with the end result.

Thanks

Zoe

[pyrojonc]

ok, thanks for all the submissions. We have chosen the layout by Demex for the home page. Please let me know how to proceed.

As for Design Outpost, I am thrilled with the results and the way this system works, and I will definately be doing all future projects through here.

Cheers,

[Zoe]

Thanks for choosing my design.

To continue, if there are any changes you would like please let me know, and I will begin working on the inside page.

[pyrojonc]

Demex, my client is working on a list of questions that I have asked them about the design for tweaking, but I don't think that there will be much. I'm interested in how the inside page will look.

[Zoe]

No problem.

I'll have something to show you in the next day or two. :)

Thanks

Zoe

[Zoe]

Hello Pyrojonc,

Here is an idea for the inside page. I look forward to your feedback.

Thank you

Zoe

[Zoe]

another idea - adding the phone number to the header.

Call for action!!

[pyrojonc]

zoe, Great inside pages. I have some feedback on the home page.

- Can we move the logo to the left side and the pic to the right.
- We're not thrilled with the photo of the lady, but understand the concept of the emotion that she conveys. If you have any other suggestions about an image that conveys the same emotion, but maybe with better teeth and not looking up the nose =) My client has also purchased some stuff for their own work from iStock (attached (I have larger versions of these if you need them, but can't upload them here)) see if you can use these or not.
- My client like the way the text on the three buttons stands out, but thinks that the pictures are too faded (should be clearer)... i suggested having them brighter for a hover state???
- the footer is perfect

[pyrojonc]

oh yea - one more thing. Is it possible to make the menu "pop" a bit more. I want it to be very obvious where to click next, so I want the horizontal menu to stand out a bit more.

[Zoe]

Hello,

Here are the changes to the home page. I look forward to your feedback.

Thanks

Zoe

[pyrojonc]

Zoe,

Great revisions - I think that you nailed the header, but I will wait for my client's feedback.

For the horizontal menu I think that we are going to combine the pages "Our Location" and "Contact Us" so you can remove the "Our Location" tab, and spread out the menu items a bit and maybe space the letters a bit more or go to a slightly wider font??? What do you think about making the menu text color match the navy blue of the header? Would that draw you eye to the menu a bit more than the grey (I'm not telling you what is best, but asking for your opinion...)

Cheers,

[pyrojonc]

Zoe,

As to the inner page, here is the feedback...

They would like the header bar a bit larger (about halfway in between the front page and what you have there now) The icons / buttons in the upper right and the logo on the left could be a bit bigger then (espcially the logo). the ides is that we will have minimal text and a few pictures on each page, and don't want the pages to seem to blank, so a bigger header will help make the page seem "busier".

We like the phone number in the header, but would like it to say "call" instead of "phone" and we generally agree that the font is not right. (insert your opinion here, but what do you think of going to something really clean like a franklin-gothic-demi for the phone caption???) The phone number and acompanying text should not extend to the left beyond the icon/buttons above.

Omit "Look and Feel Great" on inside pages.

I like the shading that you've added to frame the content, but do you think that you coud bring each side in another 10px or so? I think that will help me as i move forward with each page to keep the content a bit more focused, rather than spread out.

I think that is it.

[Zoe]

Hello,

I have made changes to the home page first so as to try and get the navigation and the main buttons right before continuing with the inside pages.

I changed the image of the woman with the child as I found a better looking one. :)

The second design is on rollover. :)

[pyrojonc]

zoe,

Sorry for the delay. We really like the version with greater saturation and the changes that you made to the horizontal menu (layout3b.png). It's looking great. I might use the more faded versions of the buttons as rollover effects.

And I like the picture of the lady and baby - that's great!!!

Go ahead and make those same changes in the inside page along with what I posted above. thanks for the efforts!!!

[Zoe]

Thanks for the feedback.

How is this for the inside page?

[pyrojonc]

Zoe,

Great inside page - couple of things... Lets remove the girl from the header as she is a bit distracting - can we put dots or bullets "•" between the numbers in the phone number (but not dashes "-").

When I use this template on the live site, I am going to use the saturated versions of the buttons as roll-over effects, but the desaturated versions are perfect here.

And I know this will effect the home page as well, but can we make the text at the bottom a bit more defined - after we have gone more saturated at the top end (brighter pics - blue menu - bigger header bar) the bottom looks a little washed out.

and lastly, in the bottom, I am going to use actual searchable text on the live site, but my client wants to see the phone numbers in the bottom with periods (not dashes) between the numbers in the phone and fax numbers.

That'll do - I think that we are almost there. I really apreciate your work.

[pyrojonc]

oh - and a last question... what would you invision for a body background. Would you centre it on white, or exend the header bars in the background?

[Zoe]

How about like this?

edit: whoops - forgot the dots.

[pyrojonc]

Zoe,

I like background and the shading. We are also happy with the text at the bottom. We only need the fully saturated versions of the buttons in the middle for the final version (with the faded versions still available on another layer for rollover-styles.)

You can copy those changes over to the inside page with what I mentioned above and I think that will do it.

Cheers,

[pyrojonc]

hmmm - just to clarify, on the home page I will use the saturated versions of the buttons for normal state, and the desaturated versions for roll-over.

On the inside page it will be the opposite - desaturated will be normal, and saturated will be roll-over.

[Zoe]

great no problem. :)

Will work on those changes after work and have the files all ready for you to slice and dice. :) (so to speak)

[Zoe]

Just a quick question before I sort all the layers. Can your Photoshop program view layers inside folder structures known as "Layer Sets" ? Just allows me to group all the elements together so you can find and sort them easily.

[pyrojonc]

yea - I have photoshop cs2 and imageready cs2 so we're all good.

[Zoe]

great - just going to bed - 3:30am!! :) But will have the files ready for you tomorrow.

[pyrojonc]

looking forward to them :)

[Zoe]

Please check your PM for a link to the files. :)

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Thank you - been a pleasure.

Zoe

[pyrojonc]

Zoe, The files are perfect. Thanks so much!!! I look forward to working with you in the future.

[pyrojonc]

Zoe, Quick question...

Can I get the inside page header with the bullets between the numbers... "•"

I dont have that font, but really like the look of it.

btw: if you want to see your work in action, I am working on the live site at http://www.jctechservices.com/work/vrcfitness.ca/index.php

Cheers,

[Zoe]

I don't have the file in front of me but off the top of my head - the font is called Swiss921.ttf - I will check it as soon as I can take a look at the file. :)

[BlueCherryGraphics]

PROJECT UPDATE: This thread has been moved to Template Archives.

Client, the thread is still open for posting should you need to do so.

[pyrojonc]

Just wanted to let you know that VRC Fitness has finally been posted. Feel free to link to it if you want.

http://www.vrcfitness.ca

Cheers,
pyrojonc

[Zoe]

That looks great! Nice job. :)